[ti:Down from Dover] [ar:Dolly Parton] [al:The Fairest of Them All] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Down from Dover - Dolly Parton [00:06.19]I know this dress I'm wearing doesn't hide the secret I have tried concealing [00:15.61]When he left he promised me he'd be back by the time it was revealing [00:25.24]The sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling shadow [00:28.78]O'er the fields of clover [00:34.76]And time is running out for me I wish that he would hurry down from [00:39.98]Dover [00:44.51]He's been gone so long when he left the snow was deep upon the ground [00:53.80]And I have seen a spring and summer pass and now [00:57.08]The leaves are turning brown [01:03.29]And any time a tiny face will show itself cause waiting's almost over [01:12.94]But I won't have a name to give it if he doesn't hurry down from [01:17.88]Dover [01:20.50]From Dover [01:22.46]My folks weren't understanding when they found out they sent me from the homeplace [01:31.99]My daddy said if folks found out he'd be ashamed to ever show his face [01:41.53]My mama said I was a fool and she did not believe [01:45.65]It when I told her [01:51.21]Mama everything's gonna be alright cause soon he'll be coming down [01:55.85]From Dover [01:58.16]From Dover [02:05.52]I loved him more than anything and I could not refuse him when he needed [02:11.20]Me [02:15.07]He was the only one I'd loved and I just can't believe that he was [02:20.17]Using me [02:24.56]He wouldn't leave me here like this I know it can't be so it can't [02:29.72]Be over [02:34.25]He wouldn't make me go through this so long he'll be coming down from Dover [02:43.76]My body aches the time is here it's lonely in this place where [02:48.54]I'm a lying [02:53.24]Our baby has been born but something's wrong it's much too still [02:57.95]I hear no cryin' [03:02.78]I guess in some strange way she knew she'd never have a father's arms [03:07.53]To hold her [03:12.82]So dying was her way of telling me he wasn't coming down from Dover [03:21.72]From Dover from Dover from Dover from Dover